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Kenyan farmers demand extermination of overpopulated voracious bird

Published on: January 27, 2023
00:30

By: Ana Luisa Brown

Nairobi, Jan 27 (Prensa Latina) Farmers in Kisumu County, western Kenya, demanded that authorities exterminate up to six million queleas, a bird that despite its small size causes enormous damage to their rice fields.

Sri Lanka receives 1,000 tons of rice donated by China

Published on: June 29, 2022
10:34

By: Ileana Ferrer Fonte

Colombo, Jun 29 (Prensa Latina) A total of 1,000 tons of rice donated by the people of China for Sri Lankan students were handed over to the Ministry of Education in the Colombo port, it was spread on Wednesday.

Panama to import rice to guarantee supply to the population

Published on: June 7, 2022
09:18

By: Luis Linares Petrov

Panama City, Jun 7 (Prensa Latina) The government of Panama decided to import some 60 thousand tons of rice to guarantee the consumption of one of the country’s main products.

Cuba thanks Chinese company for donation of rice (+Photos)

Published on: February 14, 2022
17:14

By: Juan M. Garcia

Havana, Feb 14 (Prensa Latina) Cuban authorities on Monday thanked the Chinese company Yutong for donating 300 tons of rice, worth 210,000 dollars, which reaffirms the friendship between the two peoples.

Climate change´s droughts, floods put rice output at risk

Published on: December 24, 2021
18:49

By: Pavel López Lazo

Washington, Dec 24 (Prensa Latina) Droughts and floods caused by climate change are putting global rice production at risk, according to the US weekly ScienceNews.

Vietnam expects to increase rice exports

Published on: October 15, 2021
07:27

By: Prensa Latina

Hanoi, Oct 15 (Prensa Latina) Vietnam, the world's third largest rice supplier, on Friday assured that it is in conditions to increase its exports to the end of 2021, helped by a good harvest and better prices in the international market.

China’s government donates 5,000 tons of rice to Cuba (+Photos)

Published on: October 12, 2021
08:35

By: Prensa Latina

Beijing, Oct 12 (Prensa Latina) China's Government has donated to Cuba 5,000 tons of rice and it is preparing conditions to send them shortly, diplomatic sources informed on Tuesday.

Cuba expresses gratitude to Vietnam for rice donation

Published on: July 29, 2021
12:48

By: Prensa Latina

Havana, Jul 29 (Prensa Latina) The director general of Bilateral Affairs at the Cuban Foreign Ministry, Emilio Lozada, expressed gratitude to Vietnam on Thursday for donating 12,000 tons of rice to the Caribbean island.

Vietnam donates 12,000 tons of rice to Cuba

Published on: July 29, 2021
07:26

By: Prensa Latina

Hanoi, Jul 29 (Prensa Latina) Vietnam on Thursday donated 12,000 tons of rice to Cuba to help it face the food difficulties derived from the United States blockade and the Covid-19 pandemic.

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